Global Entertainment Corp. announced today the grand opening of its two new event centers in Allen, Texas and Independence, Missouri.

Allen, Texas is proud of their beautiful new Allen Event Center (AEC). At the official ribbon cutting ceremony this past Nov. 4, 500 spectators packed the plaza entrance to hear Mayor Stephen Terrell welcome the happy citizens of Allen and people throughout Collin County.

Terrell conveyed his and the community’s excitement, recounting the opening events, which included a winning hockey game and a Reba McEntire concert (both of which saw a packed house), and said this was all the result of “years of strategic planning” involving the deliberate, coordinated cultivation of the Allen region of North Texas as an attractive venue.

Allen City Manager Peter Vargas proclaimed it a “fantastic day”, praising this new cultural achievement for his city, which can now “provide the community with quality entertainment at a

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Casey's General Stores Inc. (CASY) is watching analysts boost estimates ahead of reporting fiscal second quarter results in early December. For the year ending April 2010, the Zacks Consensus Estimate jumped from $2.19 to $2.21 per share in 1 month's time.

Company Description

Casey's General Stores, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, operate convenience stores under the Casey's General Stores name in the Midwest states. It has operations in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa.

Earnings Projections are on the Rise

The company is watching analysts boost estimates ahead of reporting fiscal second quarter results in early December. For the year ending April 2010, the Zacks Consensus Estimate jumped from $2.19 to $2.21 per share in 1 month's time.

For the following year, analysts polled by Zacks are calling for earnings of $2.25 per share, up

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Regulators shut down 5 more banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and California; tally hits 120 so far this year  U.S. regulators on Friday shuttered five more institutions in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and California , as the recession continues to take its toll on banks. This takes the total number to 120, compared to 25 in 2008 and 3 in 2007.  As the industry has to tolerate bad loans that were made during the credit explosion, the trouble in the banking system goes even deeper, increasing the possibility of more failures. However, the regulators are trying to avoid panic by seizing banks slowly. Also, the slow pace of seizing could be a strategy as it is hard to get buyers for so many failed banks.  The failed banks were -- Georgia-based United Security Bank of Sparta with total assets of $157 million and total deposits ...

Casey's General Stores Inc. (CASY) saw fiscal first-quarter earnings of 87 cents per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 45% and topping the year-prior total. The company also declared a dividend of $0.085 per share, which translates into a an industry-leading yield of 1%.

Company Description

Casey's General Stores, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, operate convenience stores under the Casey's General Stores name in the Midwest states. It has operations in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa.

A Solid Quarter

The company announced fiscal first-quarter results in early September. Earnings of 87 cents per share, exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 45% and topped the year-prior total. During the past 4 consecutive quarters, Casey's delivered an average upside earnings surprise of 17.5%.

"Strong gas margins and enhanced profitability inside the stores were

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A Labor Department report issued Thursday Oct. 8 shows initial claims for unemployment fell 33,000 from the prior week’s revised total to 521,000, the lowest level since the beginning of 2009. This figure was 19k less than the Thomson Reuters survey, giving some cause for hope amid a generally depressed economic outlook.

With the four-week average down to 539,750, there is strong evidence of a recovery in the labor market to many investors. The second lowest point this year being reached, on the graph of this closely watched statistic, indicates too many economists that the propensity for hiring by companies is up and that layoffs are less likely. Nevertheless the unemployment figures are still well-above the accepted 325,000 for initial claims, which signifies a robust economy.

The outstanding number of claimants also fell 1.8%, defying analysts’ expectations of a growing pool of recipients. For the week ending Sept. 19, the total

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As the US strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) approaches capacity (721.5 million barrels filled out of a total possible 727 million, and will be filled by January 2010), the federal government will fade out of the oil-buying business. Some bearish traders believe that this factor can weigh in on prices, since most petroleum stocks in the United States are government-held rather than private. Bullish traders have also used the filling of the Chinese SPR as a reason that oil should go much higher.

The team at Casey’s Energy Opportunities believe that planned government buying or selling of crude oil for SPRs actually have very little impact in the overall market. However, an overall drawdown of worldwide inventory could put downward pressure on the price of oil. The various countries also have their particular reasons and influences in decisions to tap their reserves.

So which countries are executing preparedness plans to fill their strategic

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JPMorgan Chase & Company (JPM) has paid back more than $28 million in frozen auction-rate securities to Missouri investors, bringing the total amount returned to Missourians to more than $2 billion. The repayment was done under a finalized consent order with Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.  Regarding auction-rate securities, JPMorgan is the seventh major firm to sign an agreement with Carnahan’s office. The consent order covers Missouri individual and small business clients. JPMorgan completed the signings of the consent order earlier this year.  The company will also pay $86,000 to the Missouri Investor Education and Protection Fund, which serves educational initiatives for investors across the state.  The Securities Division in Carnahan’s office seeks to finalize repurchases with several other firms in the coming months. The division also actively investigates the auction-rate securities activities of several other brokers for which it expects to announce more formal ...

Washington, DC - September 18, 2009 - Today, Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has closed on its loan offer of $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Company to transform factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio to produce more fuel efficient models.

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PACCAR’s (NASDAQ:PCAR) Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of nine cents ($.09) per share, payable December 7, 2009 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2009, according to Mark C. Pigott, PACCAR chairman and chief executive officer.

Today CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR), announced the promotion of Tony Hadzi, currently Senior Vice President, to corporate Executive Vice President. Operationally, Hadzi continues to be President of CIBER’s Custom Solutions Division, which is responsible in the U.S. for all application software solutions for commercial clients and state &

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Currencies have strong rally!  Trade Deficit jumps 16.3% in July!  HR 1207 Gets a hearing!  Gold gets back to $1,000! And Now… Today’s Pfennig!

Good day… And a Happy Friday to one and all! Today is Patriot Day in the U.S. and a day that brings back memories of cowardly attacks on our country 8 years ago. I remember the shock and horror on everyone’s faces, and that image will remain with me to the grave. I also remember trying to write the Pfennig the “day after”… It just didn’t seem that important of a thing to do, but a reader told me that to keep things as “normal” as possible was the best thing I could do… So… I wrote…

OK… The currencies, and this time I mean the majority of them not just euro and yen, added to their gains this week VS the dollar yesterday… The Big Dog, euro, is once again

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